Volunteer Opportunities
Supporting your community to make nourishing food more accessible
Volunteers play a major role in the success of our food access and education programs, including our Mobile Farmers’ Markets, East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market, VeggieRx Nutrition classes, and Collective Roots Community Garden!
As a Fresh Approach Volunteer, you’ll be able to gain experience working in public health, local food systems, and urban farming. Volunteers receive training on their first day by our staff.
“I love to come to the market and look forward to every Wednesday. We are all one big family here, and I love to be able to help people in the community. I love that I can speak Spanish to community members, and helping them understand our programs is what has kept me coming back to volunteer every season for the past 10 years!
Judy Darrell, East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market Volunteer
I have loved to see the regularly shoppers over the years and see their families grow.”
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Community Garden & Compost Hub
Volunteers
Join us in the garden or at one of our community compost hub sites in San Mateo County to support garden maintenance, plant new seedlings, harvest fruits & veggies, or integrate food scraps into compost piles!
Mobile Farmers’ Markets
Volunteers
Volunteers provide customer service, restock produce, conduct transactions, collect surveys, and more. You’ll also receive $10 (before discounts) worth of fresh, seasonal produce at the end of your shift!
East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market Volunteers
Support the operations of our East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market, with customer service for shoppers at the information booth, distribution of incentive vouchers, collection of market equipment for breakdown at the end of the market, and more!
VeggieRx Nutrition Education
Volunteers
Join us at the farmers’ market to support our VeggieRx Cooking Demonstrations: help us show community members how to eat more fresh fruits & veggies with tasty, culturally-relevant recipes!
This could be YOU!
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